Experiences of Mental Health Professionals in the Rapid Pivot to Telehealth: Implications for Social Work Practice (1 credit hour)
Program Summary: This course examines the personal and professional experiences of mental health professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic and the rapid pivot to telehealth. 36 mental health professionals participated in interviews and highlighted the following themes: responding to the pandemic, introducing telehealth, impact on professional practice, and the future of telehealth. The course explores the strengths and weaknesses related to the adoption of telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic, implications for practice, and the future of telehealth.
This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Reading: Experiences of Mental Health Professionals in the Rapid Pivot to Telehealth: Implications for Social Work Practice Authors: W. Patrick Sullivan, Carol Hostetter, Miriam Commodore-Mensah Publisher: Advances in Social Work
Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by examining the experiences of mental health professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic and the rapid pivot to telehealth.
Learning Objectives: Describe the personal and professional experiences of mental health professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic and the rapid pivot to telehealth. Identify strengths and weakness related to the adoption of telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic. Describe implications for practice and the future of telehealth.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course. She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience. She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.